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Norfolk. — Mr. Gurnej^ \^rote on April 3rcl that he had 

 seen a Wax^ving the day before near Norwich. 



Essex. — One near Southend on Dec. lltli ; t\\o near Leigh, 

 one on Jan. 6tli, tlie other a iew days later ; one at 

 WestcHff on Marcli 24th and 26th (A. Smith). 



Berkshire. — One at Bradfield on March 2nd (N. H. 

 Joy). Two at Boyn Hill, Maidenhead, at the end of February 

 (M. D. Haviland)"^. 



Sussex. — A male and two females at Brede, January 22nd. 

 Three females, Winchelsea, Januar}^ 24th and February 2nd. 

 A pair at Se^\er's Bridge, Pevensey Marsh, February 1st 



(N.F.T.). 



Abroad. — Mr. W. H. St. Quintm ^mtes that Dr. Siepi 

 of the Marseilles Museum has sent him particulars of two 

 Waxwings " which were killed, one on the 7th January, 

 1914, the other about a week earlier, in the district of the 

 Sainte-Baume, some t\venty-five miles east of Marseilles. 

 In a postscript Dr. Siepi adds that three others were killed 

 this winter, two of them out of a flock of seven, also in the 

 Department of Bouches du Rhone. I also ^vas told of four 

 others which were killed in the neighbourhood of Hyeres, 

 one of which I saw ^^-as labelled 13 December 1913." 



Mr. Seton Gordon also tells us of their appearance near 

 Aups in the province of Var in Januarj^, and of a flock 

 near Orleans. 



MISTLE-THRUSH'S NEST BUILT OF LACE. 



It may be of interest to record that a nest built by a Mistle- 

 Thrush (Turdus v. viscivonis), in a tree close to a very busy 

 road in the middle of Nottingham and about thirty j^ards 

 from a large lace factory, is made entirely of strips of waste 

 lace, some of which hangs danglmg from it. The bird is 

 now sitting. T. L. Bradley. 



REDWING SINGING IN ENGLAND. 



With reference to the note on page 322 as to ^\hether the 

 Redwing ever sings its full song in England, this can, I think, 

 only be settled Allien someone accustomed to its song in its 

 breeding-haunts hears this song in England. I, too, have 

 heard the cheery t^^'itter of the RedA\"ing in England, and 

 always associate this ^vith an ideal spring-day in March at 

 Madson in Corn\A'all \\'here, amongst a iew Redwings sitting 

 on a high tree, one evidently was expressing its joy for the 



